State House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, and state Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. at the General Assembly to discuss the budget deal they reached over the weekend.

It’s not known if the fate of the state’s film incentive program will be mentioned.

Hot topics are expected to be how leaders plan to raise teacher pay by 7 percent, retain teaching assistants and cover the ballooning hole in the state’s Medicaid budget even as projected tax revenues decline more than first forecast.

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